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Marie Conforto v. Richard V. Spencer, Secretary of the Navy, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-55808 · judgment February 16, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether an appeals court deciding a case sua sponte, without hearing or any other chance for the Appellant to respond, is a violation of due process.

  2. Whether, as a policy question, it is proper for courts to raise dispositive issues sua sponte in favor of the federal government.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Dennis Michael Grady
Grady & Associates

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 15 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Aug 07 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Richard V. Spencer, Secretary of the Navy, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jun 29 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 13, 2018)